Beverley Birch

Beverley Birch

  • 5 stars across 23 books
Beverley Birch is the author of more than forty books, from picture books and novels to science biographies and retellings of Shakespeare. All her books have received critical acclaim. She has been translated into more than a dozen languages, and is in the top ten per cent of all authors borrowed in UK libraries. Beverley grew up in Kenya, and came to England for the first time to study for A' levels. She travelled widely in Africa, America and Europe before graduating from Cambridge University with a degree in Economics and Sociology. After university she became an editor. In 1981 she began writing full-time, and only returned to combining writing and editing six years ago. She is married to photographer Nick Birch, with whom she has published a number of books, and has two daughters at university. She now works part time commissioning children's fiction for Hodder, and the rest of the time on her own writing.
14th August 2009

The Tempest

The story of the Tempest, the magical storm that brings a royal party to justice on a savage island, is beautifully re... MoreThe Tempest

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20th August 1997

Transport

This is a collection of scientific facts about transport. Each paragraph focuses on a different mind-blowing fact, with ... MoreTransport

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31st December 2001

Marie Curie

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31st December 2001

Guglielmo Marconi

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16th January 2015

Turtle's Party In The Clouds: Band 06/Orange

Turtle wanted to go to the party in the clouds, but how would she get there without wings? She had an idea, but, unfortu... MoreTurtle's Party In The Clouds: Band 06/Orange

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5th January 2016

Frankenstein: Band 18/Pearl

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level When Frankenstein creates a monste... MoreFrankenstein: Band 18/Pearl

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22nd October 2015

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar is another one of Shakespeare's famous plays that portrays actual events from Roman history. Set in ancien... MoreJulius Caesar

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1st June 1996

A Midsummer Night's Dream

This Applause edtiion allows the reader and student to look beyond the scholarly EreadingE text to the more sensuous mo... MoreA Midsummer Night's Dream

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18th February 2013

Twelfth Night

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2nd October 2006

Rift

An edge-of-your-seat mystery-thriller from Beverley Birch. In a vast African landscape four teenagers and a journalist v... MoreRift

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